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| [FESTIVAL OF BRITAIN, GARDEN AND HOLIDAY SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1951-54 Film Number: 7189 | |||
| Scenes of the Hodkinson family at the Festival of Britain, in their suburban garden, and on holiday. Family members are seen amongst the crowds at the South Bank Exhibition in London and then outside the family home, Lynwood, in Romiley with their pet spaniel. After shots of a man laying turf in the garden, there is footage of caravan holidays in Anglesey and trips to Abersoch in 1952 and 1953, Also features a family visit to the grounds of Chatsworth House and further garden scenes in Romiley, including a woman picking sweet pea flowers. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
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| [BABY FIONA AND BAMBI IN ARGUNGU] | |||
| Date: c1952-3 Film Number: 8164 | |||
| A tame antelope jumps around the grass that surrounds the family home in Argungu, Nigeria. A woman holds a very young baby Fiona and later gives her a bath. When the baby is asleep, the parents admire the flowers in the garden with their dog. Some local people working at the house pose for the camera. In the next scene we see brief shots of aeroplanes at a Nigerian airport. The film ends with shots of the distance sign post in Kano and people selling bags at a market. | |||
| [CORONATION TREE PLANTING CEREMONY IN BOLLINGTON AND GREGORY FAMILY OUTINGS] | |||
| Date: c1952-3 Film Number: 10101 | |||
| A compilation of scenes from the Gregory family. We see the family in a variety of locations. Boarding a train, sledging, building a snowman and an igloo. They visit Gawsworth in Cheshire where they visit Gawsworth Church and Maggotty Wood. They visit the beach and we see them on fairground rides on the seafront. They visit Chester Zoo on 2nd June 1952, we see the family visiting various animals and going on a motor boat trip. We also see them at home. The children play outside and then are called in by their mother, we then see the family sat round their dining table eating a meal. This film also contains scenes from a ceremony in Bollington where a tree is planted to commemorate the 1953 Coronation. The ceremony takes place in Coronation Gardens on Palmerston Street, and we see the tree being planted by various members of the local council and children from each of the schools in Bollington. | |||
| [RADCLIFFE CONGREGATIONAL SUNDAY SCHOOL WHIT WALKS 1951-4] | |||
| Date: 1951-54 Film Number: 8700 | |||
| Compilation of Whit Walks by the Radcliffe Congregational Sunday School on consecutive years. The usual groups of participants e.g. scouts, guides, and children dressed in their Sunday best, make their way through the terraced streets and, in some shots, along the main street past the Town Hall. | |||
| FAMILY ALBUM / ONCE UPON A TIME AT "DEEPCAR" | |||
| Date: 1951-55 Film Number: 4052 | |||
| Scenes from Sutcliffe family get-togethers in Hale, mainly at Christmas and New Year. Lots of dinner scenes and family members sitting and chatting in the lounge. Two boys are seen cheerfully swigging champagne from glasses. Different Sutcliffe family members stroll in the garden and are seen working in a greenhouse. Views of the house and garden and a 'For Sale' sign are seen. The second section features animals kept at the family's home, "Deepcar," in Hale. Two pigs are seen and a variety of goats, one of which is seen un-bolting a gate for another. | |||
| DAY RETURN - A PICTORIAL SYNTHESIS OF A TRAIN JOURNEY | |||
| Date: 1951-5 Film Number: 5772 | |||
| Shots of Manchester city centre; Camp Street, Longworth Street and Canal Street, then scenes at London Road Station - interiors and people walking towards the station. Shots of trains leaving the station and views from the moving train. The train passes through Longsight and Stockport, then out into the countryside where people are seen vacating the train at various small stations. A break for lunch, and the train passes a fairground on the return journey, arriving back in Manchester at night. | |||
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| MIXED GRILL | |||
| Date: c1952-4 Film Number: 9585 | |||
| A short comedy film about how man is 'dependent on his better half for the comfort of the inner man'. We see a man working in an office, and then he leaves for home and catches the bus with his friend. They arrive home and find his wife has gone out and left them food to prepare. The man prepares the food while his friend sets the table. The man preparing the food mixes cream of mushroom soup and mock turtle soup together which tastes so bad he throws it away, and the food he is cooking on the grill catches fire. Then he crushes the eggs. As the food preparation continues to go wrong his friend removes the relevant items from the table he has just set, until all they have left is coffee and cake. They leave the house to take a delivery and their wives arrive, and finding the table set up with the coffee and cake they sit down and help themselves. | |||
| [TRANS-AXIAL TOMOGRAPHY - TRIMS 2] | |||
| Date: 1951-6 Film Number: 2731 | |||
| Trims of footage of this process - footage of the equipment with and without patients. | |||
| [MANCHESTER CHURCH PROCESSIONS AND ROSE QUEENS] | |||
| Date: *1951-7 Film Number: 9336 | |||
| Compilation reel recording several church processions in Cheetham Hill, and the subsequent crowning of the Rose Queens. | |||
| CALE GREEN SPORTS DAYS 1951-8 | |||
| Date: 1951-8 Film Number: 4712 | |||
| Children from Cale Green Primary School are seen leaving the school and boarding a bus. There is footage from a number of school sports days showing different races and events including the sack, three-legged and sprint race, as well as the high jump and the tug-of-war. | |||
| [ROW THE BOAT] | |||
| Date: c1950s Film Number: 1340 | |||
| Scenes of the Worthington family's holiday at Lake Windermere and Ingleton - includes shots of a man and two children rowing a boat, having a picnic and clambering over rocks in a river next to a waterfall. | |||
| [WORKERS AND WEDDINGS] | |||
| Date: c1950s Film Number: 1341 | |||
| Family footage of Elsie's wedding; streetscenes in Bolton [?] and Walkden Colliery Yard. Includes shots of two horse-drawn carts carrying bill boards advertising the Daily Mirror; and workers ( wearing clean overalls) coming out of a building in the colliery yard. | |||
| [APPLES AND PEARS] | |||
| Date: c1950s Film Number: 1342 | |||
| The Worthington family pick fruit in their back garden - A group of girls are seen trying to climb a ladder laden down with fruit baskets, while other family members pick the fallen apples from the ground. | |||
| LOOK WHERE YOUR'E GOING! (sic) | |||
| Date: c1950s Film Number: 1775 | |||
| Film to promote a road safety code amongst children. A recurring theme is the code written out in a child's cap lining. The cricketer Alec Bedser and a monkey are employed to further illustrate the road safety message. A child ,'Christopher Careful', is seen on a bicycle and at school. There is footage taken at a cricket match, traffic is seen as is a zebra, a zebra crossing, a lollipop and a belisha beacon. | |||
| [SCOTTISH DANCING DISPLAY AT SCHOOL] | |||
| Date: 1950s Film Number: 5013 | |||
| Girls dressed in tartan outfits leave Emmanuel School building and perform a Scottish dancing display, accompanied by a man in a kilt playing bagpipes. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| [NOLAN WEDDING] | |||
| Date: 1950s Film Number: 6271 | |||
| A wedding party including a bride and groom, bridesmaids and guests are seen arriving at a church in Salford. The wedding car is seen and boy scouts are present. | |||
| [GARDENS, PARKS, WEDDINGS AND A BEAUTY CONTEST] | |||
| Date: early 1950s - mid 1960s Film Number: 8714 | |||
| A compilation of footage from around the North West, including scenes in a Blackley suburban garden; Little Moreton Hall and Lyme Park; weddings; and an outdoor fete with added beauty contest. The reel ends with a procession of adults and children in historical costume, perhaps to celebrate the anniversary of a town's charter. | |||
| [ROYAL VISIT, WHIT WALK & TRIP TO FLEETWOOD] | |||
| Date: *1951-3/59/64/8 Film Number: 6665 | |||
| Views of schoolchildren stood by the roadside in Whitefield for a royal visit, followed by the Union Jack being flown half mast and then raised again at the Alfred E West Factory, for the death of George VI. A Stand Unitarian Sunday School Whit Procession continues, with a disabled persons coach trip to Fleetwood featuring archery, tea and sightseeing to conclude. | |||
| [FREE GREEN FARM - MILKING SHED AND DEMOLITION SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1951-56 Film Number: 1579 | |||
| Further farming scenes from Free Green Farm near Knutsford. Features people working in fields, the interior of the milking shed, snow scenes and the demolition of farm buildings | |||
| [FRANK STRINGER AND SON LTD STAFF DAYS OUT] | |||
| Date: 1951-3 Film Number: 8382 | |||
| June 1953, the staff of Frank Stringer and Son Ltd boarding a coach to Blackpool. The trip was part of the 1953 Coronation celebrations. They stop off at a café on the way. Once in Blackpool they walk around, ride the rollercoaster and ghost train. May 1951, the Frank Stringer and Son Ltd festival party was held in Llandudno. The staff members are seen arriving at the Old Deanery Hotel. They sit out on the ground of the hotel for refreshments. | |||
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